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May 06, 2024
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Goucher College 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
Communication Major
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In order for students to declare the Communication and Media Studies major, they must have completed COM 105-Introduction to Media Studies, with a grade of C+ or better, as well as having completed the first-year writing proficiency requirement (e.g., WRT 181).
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All students must complete a total of 42 credits within the major
Requirements are as follows:
Three 300-level courses in “Media Studies” (Theory, History, Analysis) from the following list:
Three 400-level courses, two of which must be in “Media Studies” (Theory, History, Analysis) from the following list:
Internship (at least 2 credits)
Captone Project
Majors must complete a Capstone Project in either Media Studies (scholarly research) OR Media Production (creative skills). Majors choose ONE of the following options.
A Media Studies Capstone Project can be completed with either:
1. COM 499 - Independent Study/Senior Thesis (4 Cr.) OR
2. COM 497 - Capstone Project (1 Cr.) in conjunction with a 4-credit 400-level seminar course (e.g., COM 401, COM 421, COM 425, COM 430, COM 435, COM 440) (5 Cr. total)
A Media Production Capstone Project can be completed with:
3. COM 460 - Digital Filmmaking III (4 Cr.)
Writing Proficiency in the Major
To achieve writing proficiency in the Communication and Media Studies major, students must complete COM 232 (WEC requirement) with a grade of C+ or better AND COM 262 (WID requirement) with a grade of B- or better. To achieve this writing proficiency, students are expected to master the ability to
- write grammatically appropriate, syntactically sophisticated sentences and construct cohesive, effective paragraphs consistently and spontaneously;
- research and integrate information from multiple sources; and
- provide substantial and appropriate support for theses and propositions and demonstrate the correlating ability to develop and write well-reasoned arguments of merit in the field of communication studies.
- Students who fail to obtain writing proficiency in the major twice, will be dropped from the major.
Qualifications Required to Graduate with Honors
Honors are decided by a vote of the full-time and half-time faculty just prior to Commencement each year. The following guidelines are used to determine honors:
- Students must achieve a grade point average of at least 3.67 in all 200-, 300-, and 400-level courses taken in the major to be considered for honors.
- No student will be considered for honors who has taken any 200-, 300-, or 400-level course for the major beyond the 100-level pass/no pass, except for those courses that can only be taken on a pass/no pass basis (internship and applied video).
- Students must demonstrate via their course work or a senior thesis either (1) a superior grasp of communication and media studies theory, criticism, and/or history, or (2) creativity and substance in an applied skill.
- Students must complete a variety of rigorous courses in the major and should take courses from many of the full-time faculty.
Multiple Failed Courses
It is the department’s policy that students majoring in Communication and Media Studies must receive at least a C- in every course taken toward the completion of the major. Any student who receives a grade below C- in more than two courses will not be permitted to continue in the major.
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